Cigarette holder and extinguisher



April 1942- J. 'r. SAIQJNDERS 2,280,543

CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXTINGUISHER Filed March 14, 1941 I i i g I l Inventor JZ/fw 7'54 aha e rs pm S Attorney PatentediA pr. 21, 1942' CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXTINGUISHER John T. Saunders, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 14, 1941, Serial No. 383,437

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for holding and snufling cigarettes and has for its primary object to provide a device of thi character embodying a continuous strip of spring metal, bent upon itself at intervals to form a plurality of spring clips within which the cigarette may be positioned, for holding the cigarette, or for snuffing the lighted end of the cigarette, the tension of the side walls of the clipupon the cigarette placed in the clip serves both to retain the cigarette in the clip and prevents burning of the cigarette beyond the point of contact. A further object is to provide a device of this characther object is to provide a new article oi manuiacture which consists of a unitary construction l having a pair of cigarette holders, :1 pair of snuffer clips and a cigar or pipe holder, all of 'which is of simple and practical construction,

which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise for supporting the holder within the ash tray or receiver as shown at 9 in Fig. 2. The folded edge inserted, the cigar or pipe stem being wedged between the walls I I to firmly grip the same.

Additional clip membersare formed outward ly at opposite sides of the center clip I Ifbyben ding portions of the strip of material-i11 Substan- 1 tially parallel relation, j atQintervaIS-to form snuffer clips |5=-a'nd holder (3 1 3, anyhuniber, of such clips being-provided! Each endof theflstrip ofjmater The intervening snufilng clips ;l 5

- of about only one-half of the depth ofithe'end well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter d scribed and claimed, reference bein had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof,

wherein like numerals refer to like parts'thro'ughout, and in which:

Figure l is atop plan view, Fig. 2 is a side elevation view with tray or receiver shown in section, and

Fig. 3 is an edge elevational view showing holder removed from the ash tray.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, where in for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the cigarette holder gen erally which is constructed from a single strip of I flat spring metal of ribbon form, the strip being the ash the between the walls 12.

clips l3 and center clip I 4. 'I'h ls'fi s provided so the snuffer clip walls 16 are substantially semirigid. Thus; by forcingthe lighted .end of the cigarette between the walls I I 'it will readily be extinguished-1 By makingthe V- -Iike clips l3 longer-than theysnufi'erclips, l5, and inclining them inwardly toward-the'bottomof clip I, the clips'l3' are more-or-less fiexibleand the,

outermost walls l2 readilyyleld'outwardlyjupon slight pressure exerted thereon suchi as -'would" be exerted when a cigarette is'placed or wedged I have provided a straight edge on the upper ends of clips l3 so as to discourage snufllng of the cigarette in these clips. I prefer to have the clips l3 used as cigarette holders, the clips 15 to be used for snufling the cigarette and the clip H to be used as a cigar'or pipe holder. As cigarette ashes and other residue from the lighted end of the cigarette are deposited on the side walls of the clips, when a cigarette is snuifed, it is undesirable to place a cigarette which is to be merely "held in the clip, in such clip as the ashes and residue would be transferred to cigarette paper and it becomes unsightly and foul.

It will now be apparent that by utilizing the present invention cigarettes may readily be extinguished without soiling the finger tips as is a l 7 x d wardly to form an end'or holde'rclipfl; defined by sidewalls l2, the bottom-end or the clip 13' being. inclined inwardly toward-thecenter-clip 1 l4 and extending below -thei.bott m the inter vening' or snufilng clip 15. 2

re, Vinshape in vertical cross section-and have a depthshaped cigarette holder now customary when a cigarette is snuffed in an ordinary ash tray. The cigarette is positively extinguished by using the device of my invention regardless of the clip in which it is placed; hence, dangers of fire resulting from lighted cigarettes being displaced from ash trays is eliminated.

It is believed the details of construction, operation and manner of use and advantages of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

I claim:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a strip of spring metal in ribbon form, upper and lower return bends provided in said strip of metal to provide a series of clips, and including a centrally disposed clip adapted to receive a cigar therein, a pair of semi-rigid snuffer clips forming part of said series of clips and disposed one on each side of said cigar clip and a pair of cigarette retaining and holding clips also forming part of said series of clips and disposed one on each side of said snuffer clips, and means engaging one of said lower return bends to support said clips when so bent, in an upright position with the remainder of the strip free.

2. A combined cigarette holder and snufier comprising a strip of spring metal in ribbon form, said strip being bent at spaced intervals to form substantially U-shaped clips adapted to receive and grip a cigarette therein, said clips including end clips and intermediate clips all extending in a uniform direction, the ends of the strip being free and forming the outer legs of the end clips, and a supporting member attached to the bottom of one of said intermediate clips for holding the remaining clips in an upright position.

3. A combined cigarette hOldBl and snufier comprising a strip of spring metal in ribbon form, said strip being bent at spaced intervals to form substantially U-shaped clipsadapted to receive and grip a cigarette therein, said clips including end clips and intermediate clips all extending in a uniform dir'ection, the ends of the strip being free and forming the outer legs of the end clips, a supporting member and a pivot pin connecting one of said intermediate clips to said supporting member, said pin extending transversely wit respect to the legs of the clip to swingably s pport the clips for movement into a horizontal position.

JOHN T. SAUNDERS. 

